Houston’s Second Annual Theater Week Returns with More Deals
Style Magazine Newswire | 8/14/2023, 3:28 p.m.
The annual Houston Theater Week is back for a repeat performance with even more exclusive deals! Houston First Corporation is excited to again spearhead the city’s largest collaboration between local theater and performing arts groups to bring unprecedented access to some of the best ticket prices of the year to consumers. For one week only, August 14-20, 2023, new and established music and theater enthusiasts can take advantage of Buy One, Get One FREE ticket opportunities. The deal covers more than 200 performances of exciting and diverse live shows.
“Houston Theater Week not only provides the public with great bargains, it also supports everyone involved in producing these exceptional live programs from the performing artists to behind-the-scenes professionals,” said David Mincberg, Chair, Houston First Corporation.
In 2022, Theater Week’s inaugural year, 17,500 combined tickets were sold by 20 participating organizations which resulted in nearly $600,000 in combined ticket sales. This year’s initiative features a wider variety of shows, including world premieres, critically acclaimed plays, intimate concerts, inn The annual Houston Theater Week is back for a repeat performance with even more exclusive deals! Houston First Corporation is excited to again spearhead the city’s largest collaboration between local theater and performing arts groups to bring unprecedented access to some of the best ticket prices of the year to consumers. For one week only, August 14-20, 2023, new and established music and theater enthusiasts can take advantage of Buy One, Get One FREE ticket opportunities. The deal covers more than 200 performances of exciting and diverse live shows.
“The opportunity to break down barriers to access and provide opportunities for our community to attend live performances strengthens the arts community in Houston by opening doors to new audiences and engaging our longtime supporters. We are excited to join forces with Houston First to showcase some exceptional programming through a campaign that makes it easy for everyone to find all the offers in one place. We want Theater Week to become a tradition for friends and families to experience the performing arts at a great price,” said Hillary Hart, Chair, Theater District Houston Association.
“We know Houston consumers and performing arts groups are looking forward to a repeat of Theater Week’s outstanding performance last year. This collective effort with resident companies and community theaters across Houston brings a variety of great shows at great prices that we are certain will strengthen the city’s performing arts community for generations to come,” said Michael Heckman, president & CEO, Houston First Corporation.
2023’s participating organizations are:
Alley Theatre
DACAMERA
Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.
4th Wall Theatre Company
Houston Ballet
Houston Chamber Choir
Houston Grand Opera
Houston Symphony
Main Street Theater
Mercury Chamber Orchestra
Performing Arts Houston
ROCO
Stages
Tee Zee Productions
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Theatre Under the Stars
This year’s first-rate performances include:
Performing Arts Houston: 4th Annual Mariachi Festival
21st Century Broadway
26 Miles
A Case for the Existence of God
A Christmas Carol
Adams’s El Nino
Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Alice in Wonderland
Always Patsy Cline
American Mariachi
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
An Early American Christmas
An Evening with Howie Mandel
An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi
An Evening with Omari Dillard
Andres Orozco Estrada Returns
Appropriate
Ars Lyrica’s Fallen Angels
At Last! A Tribute to Etta James
Bach Solo Violin
Bach’s Mighty Fortress
Barber’s Violin Concerto + Duke Ellington
Baroque Concertos
Boleros: Songs from Latin America
Brahms & Schumann
Bruce Liu, Piano
Byrds of a Feather
Caldara’s Christmas Cantata
California Gold
Carmela Full of Wishes
Christopher Titus – Carrying Monsters
Cinderella
Dial “M” For Murder
Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker
Dvorak’s America
Elias String Quartet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Etienne Charles “Earth Tones”
Forget Me Not
Go Now! A Tribute to the Moody Blues
Handel’s Messiah
Houston Ballet: Bespoke
Houston Ballet: Four Seasons
Houston Ballet: Tutu
“I Will Survive” –Diva Legends
Intelligence
Isidore Quartet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Jagged Little Pill
Jane Eyre
Jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana
JIJI, guitar; Danbi Um, violin
Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts
Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins”: Ensemble Modern
Laughs in Spanish
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carolo
Lila Downs: Dia de Los Muertos
Little Comedies
Manuel Cinema: Leonardo!
Mass in Exile
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
MOMIX: Alice
New/Now
Newsies
On Your Feet
Othello: The Remix
Panto Alicia in Wonderland
Paw Patrol LIVE! “Heroes Unite”
Performing Arts Houston: 4th Annual Mariachi Festival
Performing Arts Houston: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with David Sedaris
Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with Howie Mandel
Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi
Performing Arts Houston: Bruce Liu, Piano
Performing Arts Houston: Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts
Performing Arts Houston: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Performing Arts Houston: Lila Downs: Dia de Los Muertos
Performing Arts Houston: Manuel Cinema: Leonardo!
Performing Arts Houston: MOMIX: Alice
Performing Arts Houston: New/Now: The Houston Artist Commissioning Project
Performing Arts Houston: Step Afrika! Drumfolk
Performing Arts Houston: Time For Three
Performing Arts Houston: Vienna Boys Choir
Pictures From Home
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Rachel Barton Pine Plays Mozart
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe
Ravel’s La Valse
ROCO In Concert: Infrared
ROCO In Concert: Luminescent
ROCO In Concert: Seismic
ROCO In Concert: Supersonic
Romeo & Juliet + Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sense and Sensibility
Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Crown Jewel
Sister’s Irish Catechism: Saints, Snakes, and Green Milkshakes
Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word
Stuart Little
Sweeney Todd
Switzerland
Takemitsu + Brahms’s Requiem
The Birds
The Cher Show
The Crimson Prince of Venice
The Father
The Nerd
The Pavilion
The Pillowman
The Thanksgiving Play
The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical
The Woman in Black
The World Is Not Silent
Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium
Time For Three
What the Constitution Means to Me
To view all the offers and purchase tickets, please visit: HoustonTheaterWeek.com.
The special offer promo code for Houston Theater Week is: HTXARTS.